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"What made us want to bring back Jack was the fact that we really missed him. I missed him. Kiefer [Sutherland] missed him. It was really an opportunity to bring back an old friend, and to work with old friends again, and it was really as simple as that."

Howard Gordon (bornMarch 31, 1961; age 55) is a script writer, executive producer and showrunner for 24. He started working on the show as a writer on 2001, until becoming executive producer and showrunner in 2006. He served as showrunner until the conclusion of Day 8, but continued to serve as Executive Producer for 24: Live Another Day and 24: Legacy.

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Howard Gordon was born in Queens, New York City to a Jewish family. He attended Roslyn High School, and then Princeton, graduating in 1984.

Gordon met Alex Gansa early on, and started working with him soon after graduating. They both worked together on shows like Spenser: For Hire, Beauty and the Beast, and The X-Files as writers and co-producers. During the late 90's, Gordon also worked on hit shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Angel, on which he worked with David Fury. He also worked with Manny Coto on Strange World from 1999-2002.

In 2012, Gordon and Katz both wrote and produced the series Awake (starring Cherry Jones), which was subsequently cancelled despite positive remarks from TV critics. In 2014, Gordon worked on two new shows: FX's Tyrant, and TNT's Legends.

Gordon started working on 24 as a writer in 2001. He wrote several episodes of Season 1 and 2, then crafted the entire story arcs for Season 3 and 4. He temporarily left 24 in the middle of Season 4 to work on another Fox series, The Inside. After the cancellation of The Inside, Gordon returned to 24 where, in 2006, he became executive producer and showrunner. He remained as such until the show ended on Season 8, during which he also wrote several episodes.